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GTo BE Continued

nde It is remarkable how small q
population of unciyilized Indians
occupies vast areas of land. The
Osages, numbering 1900, have re-
servation of 100000 acres. The
Iowas, numbering "a, hold 22s,41S
acres; 240 Kickapoos hold 2O6, ,466
acres; Quawpaws, $4,000 acres; 69
Easter ..Shawnees, $4,000 acres, and
225 Kansas Indians, 100000 acres.
The entire Indian territory, contain
ing over A, 900, 900 acres, has q popu-
lation of only $4,000. Out of this
condition of affairs grows the de-
mand for the opening of the terrific
ry.to settlement. The difficulty lies
id the fact that the treaties of the
government with the Indians guar
antee to them the possession OF their
lands and this guarantee has been
held sacred. It is now proposed to
give each Indian family large farm
and open the rest of their reservation
to settlement. This would give
about 40, 900, 900 acres to civilization.
It remains to be seen whether the
Indians will accept an arrangement
of this kind. If allotments in sew
eralty are made to them they will
demand pay for the land that's open
to white settlement. For years, the
white men or "boomers" about the
Indian reservation have been hun
gry to obtain these lands.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-20

The Work OF A MoMENT.-Did
you ever write a letter, and just as
YOU were finishing it let your pen
fall on it, or drop of ink blot the
fair page? It was the work of a mo-
ment, but the evil could not be effec-
tually effaced. Did you never cut
yourself unexpectly and quickly ?
It took days or weeks to heal the
wound, and even then a scar remain
ed. It is related of Lord Brougham,
a celebrated English nobleman, that
one day he occupied a conspicuous
place in a group to have his daguer-
eotype taken. But at an unfortunate
moment he moved. The picture was
taken, but his face was blurred.
Do you ask what application we
would make of these facts? just
this: "It takes a lifetime to build
a character; it only takes one mo.
ment to destroy it," "Watch and
pray" therefore, "that ye enter not
into temptation" LET him that
thinketh heed lest he fall. ."-BQptist
Weekly.
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"I WOULD RATHER MARRY A KAFF1R THAN
MARRY YOU, FRANK MULLER"
He smiled is it because of the English
man Mel that you will not marry me! He is
dead. 1t is useless to cling to dead man."
"Dead or alive, l love him with all my
heart; and if he is dead, it is at the hands of
your people, and his blood rises up between
U.s."
"His blood has sunk down into the sand.
He is dead, and 1 am glad that he is dead.
Once more, is that your last word!"
at is"
"Very good Then 1 tell you that you shall
marry me or"--
"Or whatH
"Or your uncle, the old man you love so
much, shall die!"
"What do you mean" she said, in choked
voice.
"What say; no more and no less. Do you
think that will let one old mans life stand
between ne and my desirea Never If you
will not marry me, Silas Croft shall be put
upon his trial for attempted murder and
for treason within all hour from this With
in all hour and half he shall be condemned
to die and tomorrow at dawn he shall die, by
warrant under my hand. am commandant
here, with power of life and death, and tell
you that he shall certainly die-and his blood
will be on your lead"
Bessie grasped at the tree for support.
"You dare not" she said; "you dare not
murder an innocent old man."
"Darc mott" he answered; "you must under
stand me very i'll, Bessie Croft, when you talk
Of what dare not do for you. There is moth
ing," he added, with thrill Of his rich voice,
"that l dare not do to gain you. Listen;
promise to marry me tomorrow morning. l
will get clergyman here from Walker
stroom, and your uncle shall 60 free as air,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-20

CARE OF CHILDREN IN SUMNER.
The hot weather is especially trou-
blesome to young children and in
fants, and as the little tender crea-
lures cannot tell their pains and
discomforts, they whine and fret.
and are thought to be cross and ILL
tempered, when they are really suf-
fering. A little care and precaution
will tend to relieve them very much.
A strip of flannel buttoned about
the loins will be of great service in
preventing stomach aches, diarrh9a,
and to feed little and often, will
avoid much discomfort to them.
Nursing Infants should be supplied
often, and with little at time, but
not too often; once in three hours Is
enough for them, and the mother
should be very careful about her
own health and comfort lest the child
suffer with her.
Children year old should be fed
upon milk with one half water add
ed: an excellent food for them is
made by boiling pound OF dried
flour, tied up in cloth for four hours,
and when cold kept for use as fol-
lows: CRATE off sufficient quantity,
stir it into milk and boil for five
minutes to a thin cruel, add sugar,
and give it out when new, milk
warm. Hot milk when slipped from
a teaspoon is excellent, given in small
quantities now and then. Nursing
bottles should be kept in bowl of
water to which teaspoonful of soda
is added to keep it sweet. Avoid all
sour food. Battle in tepid water ev-
cry evening before bedtime. Keep
one room in the house dark and
closed during the daytime, and we'll
aired during the night. 1t will be
cool and free from flies, and the chill
dren may rest there when tired in
the afternoon.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-20

The THIRD SYLLABLE IS saw"
There is one point upon which the
Arkansan istouchy. He pronounces
the third syllable of ArkansaW, as he
spells it, "saw." One of his next
door neighbors is state named
Kansas. There is too much similarity
in the names, and if he could by some
means change Kansas into anything
else he would do so. AS he sees no
hope of this he insists that there must
be at least this difference in pronun-
citation, and to hear stranger say
Arkansas, with the accent on the
second syllable, is, except in polite
circles, accepted as a casus belli. lie
insists, moreover, that the French,
who were its first settlers, pronounced
it Arkansaw, and he maintains that
the first settlers should be accorded
such privilege, as they obtained little
else. The .Arkansan is more tena-
cious of his rights and privileges, and
there are more of him than in 1903
when Arkansaw was purchased by
the United States from France, or in
1919 when it was organized as ter
ritory, or even in 1886 when it was
admitted to the Union.-N. Y. Times.
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"Iet tho prisoner be removed, and let a
man ride full speed to the empty house on the
hillside, where the Englishman with the red
beard used to live, one hour this side of Walk
kerstroon,, and bring back with him the
clergyman he will find waiting there, that
the prisoner may be offered his ministrations.
Also let two men be set to dig the prisoners
grave in the burial place ut the back of tho
house."
The guards laid their hands upon the old
mans shoulders, and he turned and went with
them without a word. Bessie watched him
60, through her crack in the wall, till the
dear old head with its fringe Of white hairs
and the bent frame were 10 longer visible,
and then, at last, her faculties, benumbed and
exhausted by the horrors she was passing
through, gave ont. and she fell forward in q
faint there upon the sacks.
Meanwhile Muller was writing the death
warrant on sheet of his pocket book. At the
foot he left space for his own sigma
ture, but he did not sign it for reasons Of
his own. What ho did do was to pass it
round to he countersigned by all who had
formed the court in this mock trial, his OBJ
ject being to- iniplicate every man there pres
ent in the judicial murder by the direct and
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INCENTIVES TO BETTER WORK.

Ouc VI lue StIOHScSl luuuCcIuSutS
the mechanic can see in striving to
learn to work better and quicker is
the prospect of increased wages.
While to certain extent there may
be adesire to excel, yet if there is
no particular profit in excelling the
principal inducement is gone. 1t
is of course sometimes. difficult,
where large numbers of men are en-
ployed, to grade them so that justice
will be done to all. Employers
recognize this fact, yet it can be
done. Where men are working un-
der the piece system, the better
+workmanpgets pay. at least for his
ability to do more rapid work. And
here, too, comes one of the worst
difficulties with labor unions or or
CARNATIONS. They, to certain ex-
tent, have the question to deal with.
Where men are paid by the piece,
the difficulty isapparently overcome.
But there are so many kinds of labor
in the performance of which this
system cannot be carried out, that it
is utterly impossible to solve the
question by this plan. To q class one
of the strongest inducements to join
ing labor organization is the pros
pect of securing an increase in wages.
This class is greatly benefited, in
the matter of wages, by membership
in a labor union, for they receive the
same wages as their fellows, provid-
ed the piece system is not in vogue;
whereas if working outside the pale
of a labor organization, they would
be compelled to stand on their mer-
its, and consequently put up with
the wages their abilities command
in short, receive what they earn,
and no more. Masons, carpenters,
blacksmiths, machinists, in fact the
skilled workmen of most trades,
place themselves on a level with the
unskilled and incompetent when
they join labor union, and without
the piece system receive the same
rate of wages, no matter how much.
more profitable their labor may be
to the employer.
Does not such a system tend to
discourage men who have the ability
to excel? Does it lower the stand
ard of excellence and merit? Does
it not produce Indifference and care
lessness in the ranks of labor? The
Industrial Gazette, after asking The
above questions, pertinently adds:
So long as the superior workman is
obliged to work for the same wages
as other men who are unable to cope
with him either in quality or quanti-
ty of work done, just 80 long will
he fail to see the object of striving to
improve. He is not benefited by
the union, because the wage rate es-
tablished by fellow members is low
er than his ability would command
under other circumstances. He pays
a penalty for being good workman,
and membership in the union en-
tails pecuniary loss. Not only him
self, but his employer is injured al
so, for the latter has a right to ex-
pect hisNemploye to do his best,
which he cannot do when conscious
that a slorch workman receives the
same rate of pay for smaller amount
of poor work than he does for great
er amount of first class work. A
reform in this direction is the cry
ing need of the hour.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-20

SLEEPING ALONE.-1t is very
much healthier to sleep alone. The
unhealthfulness of two persons oc-
cupying the same bed very much de-
pends on the physical condition OF
either or both. If one is diseased,
injury to the other is sure to result.
The practice is unhealthful because
the exhalations from the body of one
come in contract with and are alb
sorbed by the skin of the other, and
because each one must of necessity,
breathe some of the air which has
been breathed by the other, and
consequently rendered impure
Herald of Health.
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sincontrovertiDle evidence Of Ills sign manual.
'Now, Beers are simple pastoral folk, but they
are not quite so simple as not to SEQ through
move like this, and thereon followed very
obstructive little scene. They had, to q man,
been willing enough to give their ver-
dict for tho old mans execution, but
they were by no means ready to record it in
black and white. As soon as ever they un-
derstood the object Of their feared and re-
Espected commandant a general desire mani
Tested itself to make themselves respectively
and collectively scarce. Suddenly they found
that they had business outside, and something
like general attempt at bolt ensued. Sew
Bfal of them had already tumbled Off their
fTtemporized jury box, and, headed by the
fpdoubtable Hans, were approaching the en-
Trance to the wagon house, when Frank Null
ser perceived their design and roared out in q
Yoice Of thunder:
SsaStop! Not a man leaves this place till the
variant is signed"
INSTANTLY the men halted and began to look
Innocent and converse.
4Hans Coetzee, come here and sign," said
Muller again, whereupon that unfortunate
sG1vanced with as good grace as he could
Huster, murmuring to himself curses, not
Audj but deep, upon the head of "that devil
& 1 aman, Frank Muller
gS1fsFeyer, there was mo- help for 1t, so, with
sicHy smile, he put his name to the fatal
document in big, shaky letters. Then Muller
called another man, who instantly tried to get
out OF it on the ground that his education had
been neglected and that he could not write,
an excuse that availed him little, for Frank
Muller quietly wrote his name for him, leav-
Ing space for his mark. After that there
was 10 more trouble, and in five minutes the
entire back Of the warrant was covered with
the scrawling signatures of the various men,
bers of the court.
One by one the men went, till at last Null
Ter was left alone, seated thare on the saw
bench, his head sunk upon his breast, holding
the warrant in one hand, while with the other
be stroked his golden beurd. Presently he
stopped stroking his beard and sat for some
minutes perfectly still, so still that he
might have been carved in stone By this
time the afternoon sun had got behind the
hill and the deep wagon house was full Of
shadow that seemed to gather round
him and invest him with O somber,
mysterious grandeur. He looked like q king
of evil, for evil has her princes as well as
good, and stamps them with her imperial seal
Of power, and crowns them with diadem Of
her own; among these Frank Muller was
surely great. A little smile Of triumph played
upon his beautiful. cruel face, a little light
danced within his cold eyes and ran down the
yellow beard. At that moment lie might
have sat for portrait Of his master, the
devil.
Presently he awole from his reverie. II
have her!" he said to himself; ~ have her in
visel She cannot escape me; she cannot
let the old man die Those ours have served
my purpose well; they arc as easy to play on
as fiddle, and I am good player. Yes,
and now we are getting to the end Of tho
tune.H
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-20

The SKIN OF THE EARTH.-We
talk a good deal about boring and
digging into the bowels of the earth.
It. is mistake. We have never reach
ed the bowels of the earth any more
than the bill of a gnat that pricks
you on the abdomen reaches your
bowels.
The human skin is about one two
hundreths and fiftieth of the diane
ter of the body; allow the earth a
skin proportionanately thick and it
will be 80 miles through.
The deepest borings have been
about half mile, not through the
false or outer layer of skin not near
to the cults vera. The highest
mountains have only shown us what
may be about one fifteenth the thick
ness of the earth's skin. Could we
20 through this thick hide into the
real flesh and blood Of the earth
what wonders might be discovered !!
At the last session of congress there
was a movement to get an appropri-
alton to bore a hole as deep as it
could possibly be made under the
diction of the best engineers, but it
failed. Money so appropriated would
be spent to much better purpose
than that appropriated for explora-
tions to the north pole and many
other objects.
The heat and gasses Of the earth's
interior are to be the forces of the
future for motor power, lighting and
heating. A bore 10, Is, 90, 80 miles
deep may be impossible, but he is
not wise who says impossible of any
thing within human endeavor.
We simply mean that, since so
much has been discovered by mere
ly scratching and puncturing the
false skin of the earth, might not
wonderful results be obtained by
reaching through its skin?
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or to instruct or amuse her family,
who makes perpetual slave of her
self, and keeps her poor tired body
in a state of drudgery and physical
weakness? Better let some things
60 undone than so completely unfit
ones self for all enjoyment at home.
The great thing is to learn to make
the most of ones self, and to be hap
py over our work.
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CONCEIT.

There is nothing more amusing to
people who know, than the preten-
sion and conceit of those who only
think they know. A long time ago,
when there were some slaves even
in New England, one of the celebri-
ties of East Windsor, Conn.,, was
doctor Primus," large, fine-look.
ing negro. He had been the slave Of
a distinguished physician, DIR. VOL
colt, who resided at Windsor, on the
west side of the Connecticut River.
Primus was employed by his mas
ter to prepare medicines and to at
tend him in his visits from house to
house. He proved himself to be so
able and so faithful that the doctor,
in gratitude for his services, gave
him his freedom.
The negro's attendance on his mas
ter and his experience in mixing
drugs had given him little medi-
cal knowledge, which he determin-
ed to turn to his own account. AS
soon as he became a free man, he
moved over to the other side of the
river, and, announcing himself as
doctor Primus," laid in a small
stock of drugs, and waited for pa
tients.
They came, tor Primus was re-
spected, and there was no other ply
sician in the village. AS business,
grew, Primus' self esteem increased.
One day, he was sent to visit a sick
child in Poquonnock, on the west
side of the river and beyond where
his old master lived. He went, and
on his return called upon DR.. VOL
colt, who gave him a hearty recep.,
ton, and asked what business had
brought him across the river.
"Oh," answered Primus, little
inflated, II was sent for to see the
child of our old neighbor at Poquon.
mock; but I told the mother that
there was nothing very serious the
matter, and that she need not have
sent so far for a physician; that yoa
aUould haze a1aaUs,Uered Just as aUeu!''-
Youths Companion.
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a9 The idea that the quiet, decent
observance of the Sabbath as day of
rest is a concomitant of civilization
appears to be gaining ground in some
of the cities where it has been the
custom to allude to all Sunday laws
as "blue laws" The movement
against Sunday-ball playing is gain
ing strength in all the principal cit
les. There is a feeling among the
best friends of the sport that either
the national game or the Sunday
playing of it must go.-Oru1lge6auy
Times.
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BE HAPPY Now.-Oye tired moth
ers, and daughters, and occupants of
the sitting room generally, listen now
and let me tell you secret-a secret
worth knowing. This taking no COM
fort as you 60 along, but forever look
ing forward to all the enjoyment,
does not pay. From what l know
of it would as soon chase butter
flies for a living, or bottle moonshine
for a cloudy night. The only true
way to be happy is to take the drops
of happiness as God gives them to
us every day of our lives. What is
work but something to keep us out
of mischief? and she who does too
much of it, instead of keeping out of
mischief is playing the very mischief
with herself. How can woman be
at her best to entertain her husband,
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and of those committed to their
charge, requires that, giving them
sufficient time to prepare for death,
the prisoners should be put to DEATH"
Within an hour all three were swing
ing at the yard arms.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
SLOWS that? enquired one of his

SLOWS that?" enquired one of his
listeners.
"By letting the water in which the
potato was boiled into the pulp, or
edible part of it."
"Ah 1! / see."
"But I'll give you my plan in de.
tail, and iii warrant if it's followed
there'll be fewer divorces in future.
"You take as many potatoes as you
need, nice smooth fellows-not too
large nor too small-just the
size you think will make as
much as you or your wife will
eat, a potato for each one at table.
They should be free from breaks in
the skin, with as few eyes as possible.
(Save the extra large ones for Sara
toga chips, and the small ones for
soups and salads.) You must be care
full OF the skins of the potatoes all
through the process. as you would the
skin on your face or fingers. Wash
them carefully two OF three times, and
drop them in the pot of boiling water.
This water should be clean, with d
small pinch of salt in it. Put small
potato in TO test the others by. When
the little one is well done, which can
be known by pushing fork in it, the
large ones will be ready for taking
from the water.
Now comes the particular part OF
it. Lift the potatoes out with a large
wooden spoon, or, better still, a wire
spoon, being very careful of the skin
of the potatoes. Begin with the little
ones, laying them carefully in a dish
with cover. AS soon as you have
them all out, cover the dish and rush
them to the supper table. Provide
each plate with a small dish, and on
this dish lay a potato with your fin,
gers. The guest should take the tuber
in his fingers, and with his knife be-
gin removing the skin, hurrying the
process as much as possible. The skin
off, lay the potato on the plate and
mash it up with the fork (never use
the fiat of the knife.) Pepper, salt
and butter it to fancy, and stir in with
the fork.
:Now the paddy is ready for the
palate, and is fit for any ring, and es
pecially an Irish king, who is sup
posed to know more about it than any
body else. Water has been kept out
all the time and the potato is per
fact"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
Epicueran Excellence.

Speaking of cooking" said a noted
restaura teur yesterday, to circle of
admiring friends, "I'll lay a dozen
raw and a pair of napkins that not
one cook in twelve, nor one man in
fifty, knows how to properly prepare
a potato for eating"
"I'll go YOU" said one of MS
friends.
"And I'll make it a dozen Mumm's
extra dry" chimed in another.
"All right" said the first speaker,
settling back in his chair and lighting
q fresh "La Puma" Proceed with
your plans. gentlemen"
And each in turn gave his idea OF a
well cooked potato.
Gall wrong, all wrong, gentlemen,
said the griddle artist. "You all
make mistake in one of the simplest
acts of the work. No one denies that
the potato should be boiled wild Its
jacs Ell on as our Irish friends would
say, as in that way you get at all the
finer qualities, and in that way only,
of the tuber. In taking the boiled
potato from the pot is the rub, gen.
tlemen. You would all harpoon il
with fork and thereby unfit it for
the table.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
Officers Elected.

The annual meeting of the Sedalia
Silver Cornet and Reed Band was
held at the band room on Lamine
street last night. for the election OF
officers for the coming year. The
following selections were made:
President Will Kahrs.
Secretary-William Callies.
Treasurer-John Bush.
Business mansger-O. II. Often.
Librarian-Emil Dorm.
1t is said that Henry Often bribed
the boys to vote against him for busi-
ness manager. but when the election
came up, and the trick became
known, he was elected without oppo-
ation, and it cost him more than the
original bride.
The reports of the secretary and
treasurer gave an encouraging outlook
for the organization, which has been
on a regular boom,